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Properly leaning your piston engine can mean the difference between a non-stop flight or landing for fuel. It can also save money and repair bills.

Most agree that its a good idea to lower the landing gear before landing. But how early? And when should it be raised?

Aerodynamic flutter can develop with great speed and quickly destroy your aircraft. Heres why, and what you can do about it.

Attitude is everything, whether discussing the aircraft or its pilot. How to tell if you or someone else has what it takes to be a rogue pilot.

The ultimate expression of freedom in flight requires training, the right equipment and a broader understanding of the operating environment.

To get results from your weather briefing, you have to make a small investment of your time.

The current administration appears to be determined to collect more money from those of us who use the national airspace system. People at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) expect a bill that will raise fees on aviation users to be introduced into Congress no later than this spring. And they’re not alone in that […]

I don’t often find myself in three-abreast seating on an airliner, but on a recent trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, it was unavoidable. So there I was in a window seat with a white-knuckled woman seated next to me and her macho husband on the aisle. As the airplane accelerated for takeoff, the wife clutched […]

I have written that it is madness to certify light airplanes for flight in icing conditions. Some have misinterpreted that to mean that I don’t think light airplanes should be equipped with ice-protection gear. Nothing could be further from the truth. I think the ice protection systems that are available today, and that are not […]

Primary flight displays are all but standard equipment in new airplanes, although some doubt their reliability. Avidyne says those worries are misplaced.